The budget took the following measures to assist the forestry industry: $80 million over two years for the Transformative Technologies Program administered by FPInnovations, which is a not-for-profit forestry research institute; $40 million in 2010-11 to develop pilot-scale demonstration projects of new forest products that can be used in commercial applications; $40 million over two years for Canada Wood, Value to Wood and North America Wood First Programs; and $10 million over two years to support large-scale marketing demonstrations of Canadian-style use of wood for construction.

CHP generation is a good option for the industrial-scale use of wood.

Domestic heat demand and other small-scale demands can be met using other technologies such as solar panels, wood stoves, geothermal sources, etc.

UPM-Kymmene is the holding company for the Finnish UPM-Kymmene Corporation, internationally active primarily in the paper industry (newsprint, magazine paper, fine paper), converting (self-adhesive labelstock, siliconised papers, packaging film) and wood products (sawn timber and plywood).

On a global scale, forest clearance and illegal logging has led to the loss of 90% of the Atlantic tropical coastal forests of South America, a hot spot of bio-diversity.

Particular consideration, however, will be given to operations that promote the following: (a) conservation of primary tropical forests and their biodiversity and renewal of tropical forests which have been damaged, supported by analysis of the underlying causes of deforestation and taking into account differences between countries and regions and measures to address them; (b) sustainable management of forests designated for the production of timber and other products, but excluding commercial logging operations in primary tropical forests, except those which are community-based, on a small scale, sustainable, environmentally sound and implementing sustainable forest management; ...[+++] (c) the definition and development of certification systems, combined with independent assessment systems, for timber produced from tropical forests according to sustainable forest management principles as part of internationally harmonized certification systems envisaged for all kinds of timber and timber products; (d) provision of prior information to forest peoples, followed by their support for the identification, planning and implementation of actions; (e) capacity-building to address the needs for training schemes for local populations, forest managers and researchers, for legislation, for increased political and social support and institutional strengthening and for organizations and associations active in forest conservation; (f) a strategic and adapted research policy aimed at supplying the knowledge required for the conservation and sustainable management of forests and also for the implementation of research monitoring activities in the framework of projects and programmes; (g) development of buffer zones to assist the conservation or regeneration of tropical forests, as part of a broader land utilization plan; (h) development and implementation of forest management plans aimed at conserving tropical forests and promoting sustainable exploitation of timber and other forest ...